Campus bus updates for MLK Day
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 17, 2025) — Monday, Jan. 20, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal and official university holiday. As a result, University of Kentucky Transportation Services’ Customer Service Center will be closed that day.
Some online services will remain available, but phone calls to the office and emails will not be monitored. Regular office hours will resume at 7:30 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 21.
Campus bus service
Campus bus service will also be affected by the holiday. The Blue, White, Green, Purple and Orange bus routes will not be in service on Monday, nor will the late-night On-Demand Night Bus. However, the campus Yellow Route will run from noon to midnight Monday.
All campus bus schedules will return to normal operations on Tuesday.
UK HealthCare employees
UK HealthCare employees are authorized to park in UK HealthCare garages and surface lots on official university holidays, per UK HealthCare policy.
To ensure adequate parking for UK HealthCare patients and patient visitors in the UK HealthCare Garage (PS #8), employees are encouraged to park instead in the Kentucky Clinic Parking Garage (PS #3).
Other than on official university holidays, UK HealthCare policy restricts employee and student parking in UK HealthCare garages and surface lots. If you have transportation-related questions regarding this holiday, please email UK Transportation Services at transportation@uky.edu.
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